From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 17/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Disable native VSYSCALL
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:49:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171127104923.14378-18-mingo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171127104923.14378-1-mingo@kernel.org>
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
The KAISER code attempts to "poison" the user portion of the kernel page
tables. It detects entries that it wants that it wants to poison in two
ways:
* Looking for addresses >= PAGE_OFFSET
* Looking for entries without _PAGE_USER set
But, to allow the _PAGE_USER check to work, it must never be set on
init_mm entries, and an earlier patch in this series ensured that it
will never be set.
The VDSO is at a address >= PAGE_OFFSET and it is also mapped by init_mm.
Because of the earlier, KAISER-enforced restriction, _PAGE_USER is never
set which makes the VDSO unreadable to userspace.
This makes the "NATIVE" case totally unusable since userspace can not
even see the memory any more. Disable it whenever KAISER is enabled.
Also add some help text about how KAISER might affect the emulation
case as well.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: daniel.gruss@iaik.tugraz.at
Cc: hughd@google.com
Cc: keescook@google.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: michael.schwarz@iaik.tugraz.at
Cc: moritz.lipp@iaik.tugraz.at
Cc: richard.fellner@student.tugraz.at
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171123003513.10CAD896@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 09dcc94c4484..d23cd2902b10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2249,6 +2249,9 @@ choice
config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE
bool "Native"
+ # The VSYSCALL page comes from the kernel page tables
+ # and is not available when KAISER is enabled.
+ depends on ! KAISER
help
Actual executable code is located in the fixed vsyscall
address mapping, implementing time() efficiently. Since
@@ -2266,6 +2269,11 @@ choice
exploits. This configuration is recommended when userspace
still uses the vsyscall area.
+ When KAISER is enabled, the vsyscall area will become
+ unreadable. This emulation option still works, but KAISER
+ will make it harder to do things like trace code using the
+ emulation.
+
config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
bool "None"
help
--
2.14.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-27 10:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-27 10:48 [PATCH 00/24] x86/mm: Add KAISER support Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 01/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Disable global pages by default with KAISER Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 02/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Prepare the x86/entry assembly code for entry/exit CR3 switching Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 17:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 17:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-27 21:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 03/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Introduce user-mapped per-CPU areas Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 04/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Unmap kernel mappings from userspace page tables, core patch Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 15:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 17:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-27 19:17 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-28 10:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 05/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Allow NX poison to be set in p4d/pgd Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 06/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Make sure the static PGDs are 8k in size Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 07/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map the CPU entry area Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 08/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map the dynamically-allocated LDTs Ingo Molnar
2017-11-29 22:03 ` [08/24] " Guenter Roeck
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 09/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map the espfix structures Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 10/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map the entry stack variables Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 17:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 17:32 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-27 21:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 17:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 17:32 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 11/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map virtually-addressed performance monitoring buffers Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 12/24] x86/mm: Move the CR3 construction functions to tlbflush.h Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 13/24] x86/mm: Remove hard-coded ASID limit checks Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 14/24] x86/mm: Put MMU-to-h/w ASID translation in one place Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 15/24] x86/mm: Allow flushing for future ASID switches Ingo Molnar
2017-11-28 5:16 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-28 7:32 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-28 16:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-28 16:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-28 18:13 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-28 19:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-28 19:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-28 20:34 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-28 20:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-28 20:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-30 15:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-30 15:42 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-30 15:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-30 15:51 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-30 16:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-30 18:44 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-30 18:48 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-30 18:53 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-30 20:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-30 21:51 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-30 18:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-30 19:00 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-30 19:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 16/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Use PCID feature to make user and kernel switches faster Ingo Molnar
2017-11-28 5:22 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-28 7:52 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-27 10:49 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 18/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Add Kconfig Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 19/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Respect disabled CPU features Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 20/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Simplify disabling of global pages Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 21/24] x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Check Kaiser shadow page table for WX pages Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 22/24] x86/mm/debug_pagetables: Allow dumping current pagetables Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 23/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Add boot time disable switch Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:49 ` [PATCH 24/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Use the other page_table_lock pattern Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 13:51 ` [PATCH 00/24] x86/mm: Add KAISER support Borislav Petkov
2017-11-27 13:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-27 13:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-27 14:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 14:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 19:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 20:01 ` Linus Torvalds
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